The owner of the house that was destroyed in a fire at Lumi Road, Nadawa on Friday night is being questioned regarding allegations that he had intentionally started the fire.
Police say he is being questioned at the Valelevu Police Station.
Police had earlier said that the 33-year-old man who was at home with his two children when the fire started managed to escape from the kitchen.
An eyewitness whose house is opposite the fire incident, says he heard an explosion and shortly after the house was engulfed in flames.
Three houses were destroyed while a house was partially destroyed in this fire incident leaving 17 people homeless.
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